Packet Tracer 5.3.3

Hi, I need to deploy silently the new Packet Tracer 5.3.3 to multiple computers. So I use PacketTracer533_setup_no_tutorials.exe /SILENT /MERGETASKS="!desktopicon" to launch the installation. It works great except for the window popup about some "Packet Tracer Skills Based Assessment (PTSBA)" that the user need to press the OK button. So I'm trying to find out if there's any parameter that I could add to my command line to skip this window popup?

Hi there! :) Here is my approach to PT5 deployment. I created a small bacth script for this:

@ECHO OFF

REM Installing PT5

start PackerTracer5.3.3.exe /verysilent /suppressmsgboxes

REM Waiting the installation to complete:

ping localhost -n 120 >nul

REM Killing "Packet Tracer Skills Based Assessment (PTSBA)" message!

start taskkill /IM /F PacketTracer5.3.3.tmp

:END

I use "ping localhost -n "desire time in seconds" to wait for the installation to complete, but You can use "timeout" or other. I've tested this on Win7 x64 with 100Mbit network and 7200rpm HDD and Core i7 and 120 seconds timeout is more that enough....but if You install PT5 on older machines, is better to increase this value. I use MDT2012 Update 1, and for now everything is working fine!:)

Hope this help!:)

Regards,

FaTLaMeR

P.S. Sorry for my English....it's not my native language :)

P.S.S The same can be use to deploy PT 6.0.1, but so far I was not able to test it :)

Hello :) Actually the installer creates a process with the same name of the original .exe....for example if you name it PTT611.exe, at the of the installation it creates PT611.tmp process, which must be "killed" with taskkill....long story short:
REM Installing PT611
start PT611.exe /verysilent /suppressmsgboxes
REM Waiting the installation to complete:
ping localhost -n 120 >nul
REM Killing "Packet Tracer Skills Based Assessment (PTSBA)" message!
start taskkill /IM /F PT611.tmp

I unpacked the exe using innounp since INNO setup was used to create the exe. I then opened the .iss file that was unpacked in INNO setup compiler. Then I added a single line to the [Setup] section, RestartIfNeededByRun=No, my [Setup] section looked like this before recompiling:

;InnoSetupVersion=5.5.0 (Unicode)

[Setup]

AppName=Cisco Packet Tracer 6.1.1 Student

AppVerName=Cisco Packet Tracer 6.1.1 Student

AppPublisher=Cisco Systems, Inc.

AppPublisherURL=http://cisco.netacad.net

AppSupportURL=http://cisco.netacad.net

AppUpdatesURL=http://cisco.netacad.net

DefaultDirName={pf}\Cisco Packet Tracer 6.1.1sv

DefaultGroupName=Cisco Packet Tracer Student

OutputBaseFilename=Cisco_Packet_Tracer-Student

Compression=lzma

ChangesAssociations=yes

RestartIfNeededByRun=No

I then ran the install silently:

Cisco_Packet_Tracer-Student.exe /silent /log

This is 6.1, but it appears to be the exact same issue, a message pops up at the end of the installation preventing the exe from exiting properly even with the /silent switch. This process solved that problem and installation completed without any messages showing in the log or on the screen. If anyone can try it in an older version and verify it works that would be helpful. Also it took about 30 minutes once I figured out what needed to be done to make it work.

This was very helpful!! Thank You!! I am using PDQ Deploy, and it would install, but get hung up, just like the original post. This has allowed me to remote deploy PT 6.1.1 Student Version flawlessly. I appropriate you answering this mystery for us! THANK YOU!